Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 25, 2022

These models are essentially designed to determine what resources need to be added to the grid to meet certain goals, such as clean energy or emissions reduction goals. Capacity expansion modeling helps determine how many clean resources, such as solar and wind, need to be added to the grid to meet clean energy goals.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 3, 2025

Africa sits atop an enviable wealth of minerals crucial for the worlds clean energy transition. By Femi Akinrebiyo Africa sits atop an enviable wealth of minerals crucial for the worlds clean energy transition. Yet renewable energy offers a transformative solution. Photo credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

It’s the same water-use target that Cape Town established during its Day Zero water crisis in 2018. In the United States, a battle over renewable energy in New England has taken another turn. That amounts to 13 gallons daily for drinking, bathing, cooking, and doing laundry.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 27, 2022

For stationary storage, companies such as RePurpose Energy and B2U Storage Solutions are repurposing these batteries to be used for renewable energy generation support. As the grid becomes cleaner, added grid storage becomes more necessary to support the generation variability of renewable sources.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 27, 2024

On August 27, Ready for 100% Montgomery County announced nearly one-third of the communities in Montgomery County committed to a gradual transition to 100 percent clean, renewable energy in its electricity usage by 2035 and in all sectors (heat, transportation) by 2050. This is a collaborative, iterative process.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2023

In order for states in PJM to take full advantage of incentives under the federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), PJM must remove barriers to meeting the market and policy demand for cheap and clean energy. The proposed reforms are very unlikely to meet total regional demand for new renewable generation through 2030.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Economies of scale also come into play: for residential systems, LBNL found that an 8-to-9 kilowatt system in 2018 was on average 13 percent cheaper per watt than a 4-to-5 kilowatt one. But the happenings in the residential, commercial, and institutional market segments are really important for our vital move to clean energy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 4, 2024

You can read their insights from their experiences—including being denied the opportunity to take the floor—and their efforts to engage with Dr. Avery in 2017 , 2018 , and 2019. 1 capturing three seats on the board by successfully arguing that ExxonMobil was failing to adapt for the transition to clean energy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The wind is in our sails on the voyage towards a clean energy future. Wind energy is currently the largest renewable energy source in the US, and the industry is growing fast. The World Bank predicts that the demand for neodymium for energy technologies in 2050 will be 37% of total 2018 neodymium production.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 19, 2023

Going back in the compliance history of Nancy 13, a DEP inspection report dated December 20, 2018 noted the well was leaking brine, gas was venting from the well casing and the value used for fracking the well was still on the wellhead, but no violations were listed. [ Photos: top- Nancy 13 circa 2018, Nancy 13 2023; bottom- James R.

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Acoel

MAY 18, 2021

Million tons of regional CO2 per year, and providing energy cost savings to Mainers ($40 million per year in savings) and others in New England. Remember that forests that are not primeval are, in fact, a renewable resource, and Maine is a logging state. The post Mainers Opposing Clean Renewable Energy? What gives?

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 22, 2022

A report commissioned by the Ontario Power Authority (now the Independent Electricity System Operator) identified 64 potential offshore wind power sites in the Great Lakes that could produce nearly 35,000 MW of electricity which is 50 per cent more than our current energy demand. As the U.S. And without the pollution that gas plants cause.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 2, 2024

Spring is a glorious time for renewable energy. And, this spring, that clean energy production is looking more impressive than ever. The United States now has more than 73,000 utility-scale wind turbines in service, 26 percent more than it did in 2018.

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Law and Environment

JULY 22, 2021

In addition to sweeping changes made to emissions targets, building codes, renewable energy access, and other policy arenas, the bill expands the scope of the DPU to include security, equity, and the reduction of greenhouse gases. Public Utility Regulatory Authority decisions are statutorily guided by the state’s energy strategy.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Glasgow — Today at COP26, Canada, US, Mali, UK, and 20 other countries and institutions from both developed and developing countries launched a joint statement committing to end direct international public finance for unabated coal, oil and gas by the end of 2022 and prioritize clean energy finance. This was 2.5

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

On September 29, the Senate Community, Economic and Recreational Development Committee amended and reported out Senate Bill 635 (Yudichak-I-Luzerne) which expands the Property-Assessed Clean Energy Program-- C-PACE-- to include multifamily buildings, indoor air improvements and resiliency measures.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2022

A third-party investor (in this case, BAI) owns and maintains the solar array and the host site (here, CCAC) pays for the energy generated by the solar system, typically at a significantly lower price than what the host was paying before. In CCAC’s case, it will save about $750,000 over the next three decades, or about $27,000 a year.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The energy research firm Wood Mackenzie estimates that the number of blades using PET as their core material instead of balsa will increase from 20% in 2018 to 55% in 2023. Additionally, INCA Renewtech invented BioBalsa, a durable blade material made of hemp hurd cellulose. Can wind turbine blades be recycled?

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Environmental Leader

JUNE 24, 2022

The post Nestlé Has Cut Greenhouse Gases by 4 Million Tons Since 2018. appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. Additionally, it is switching its global fleet of vehicles from those that run on fossil fuels to those that are sustainable.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 26, 2019

Following suite with California and Hawaii’s increased Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS), the Nation’s capital— the District of Colombia, proposed an increase in RPS from 50% to a 100% by year 2032. This legislation was introduced on July 10, 2018. Omnibus Amendment Act of 2018. come from renewables. by two-fold.

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HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

As per the World Investment Report 2023, much of the growth in international investment in renewable energy, which has nearly tripled since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015, was concentrated in developed countries. Developing countries need renewable energy investments of about US$1.7 ” (2021).

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

As a former Tom Ridge/Mark Schweiker Administration official and lifelong Republican, I was part of the group of founders who launched PennCEF in 2018, and I believe strongly in these principles. Farmers, landowners and ratepayers alike all stand to benefit from the build-out of solar energy at the large-scale level.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 20, 2023

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- -- PennLive: PennLive Outdoors Reporter Marcus Schneck Honored With Posthumous Award From PA Parks & Forest Foundation -- Pine Creek Headwaters Protection Group Asks DCNR To Protect State Forest Land From Seneca Shale Gas Drilling (..)

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2022

In 2018, the General Court partially upheld the actions, prompting an appeal from the European Court of Justice (ECJ). In Mexico, challenges to the government’s backsliding on incentives to renewable energy have failed to advance. In January 2022, the ECJ handed down its decision in that appeal, ruling in favor of the EC.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2023

Acquires PA-Based Plants & Goodwin Well Plugging Firm To Create Methane Emission Offsets House Environmental Committee Holds May 22 Hearing On Hydrogen Hubs & Climate Change PUC Alerts Consumers To Electricity Price Changes Coming June 1-- From 20.7%

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

This effort, he said , would be based on “promoting the sustainable use of land and water, energy efficiency, electrification, and the large-scale use of eco-friendly and renewable energy sources, among others”. In 2018, journalists reported that 92.1% Whether this goal, 38 years away, is ambitious enough is questionable.

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Cresforum

AUGUST 23, 2021

The Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (REBA) represents hundreds of large-scale energy buyers seeking to procure renewable energy across the U.S. Xcel Energy is doing their part, according to Vice President of Strategy and Planning Jonathan Adelman. Chatterjee announced he will step down effective August 30.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 16, 2021

On December 15, Chad Forcey of the PA Conservative Energy Forum told members of the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee it is “commited to clean and renewable energy and energy diversity in the Commonwealth.”

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The Senate Community, Economic and Recreational Development Committee is scheduled to meet September 29 on Senate Bill 635 (Yudichak-I-Luzerne) which expands the Property-Assessed Clean Energy Program-- C-PACE-- to include multifamily buildings, indoor air improvements and resiliency measures.

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A Greener Life

JULY 31, 2024

Cambodia Solar energy in Cambodia, comprising only 7% of the country’s energy capacity, has emerged as the fastest-growing energy source , expanding over 14% in 2023. Cambodia aims to achieve 70% of renewable energy generation by 2030, with hydropower expected to contribute 55%. GW by 2040. The country has 2.3

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 18, 2021

It’s mostly due to a combination of poor planning coupled with an ideological opposition to renewable energy. But their plans to fill some of this gap with renewables, energy conservation, and other programs were derailed in 2018. Ontario has built a clean energy supply.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 13, 2020

In response, the industry is seeing a varying degree of investments in renewable energy and commitments to climate-related goals. As companies make this transition into renewable energy, one sector picking up speed is wind energy. The wind energy sector is gaining global traction, as exemplified by U.K.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 27, 2022

In 2020, around 90% of the electricity used in the country was generated from renewables , including hydropower, geothermal, solar PV and wind. Kenya is targeting 100% clean energy use by 2030. As of 2020, Kenya was the largest geothermal energy producer in Africa, with some 672 megawatts (MW) of capacity.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 20, 2023

-- PennLive: PennLive Outdoors Reporter Marcus Schneck Honored With Posthumous Award From PA Parks & Forest Foundation -- Winners Of 14th Annual PA Parks & Forests Foundation Awards -- Fish & Boat Commission Announces Awards For Outstanding Achievements In Law Enforcement By Waterways Conservation Officers -- Pittsburgh Business Times: (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 4, 2023

. -- Natural Gas In Homes: Over half of Pennsylvania households use natural gas as their primary home heating fuel, and the state’s 48 underground gas storage sites–the most for any state–help meet regional heating demand in winter. -- Electricity Exporter: Pennsylvania is the second-largest net supplier of total energy to other states, after Texas.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

As a large state and an energy giant, Pennsylvania is one of the biggest generators of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. We emitted about 269 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2018 (the latest year for which data are available), with industry, electricity production, and transportation the largest sources.

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Columbia Climate Law

AUGUST 6, 2015

Her current proposals include the implementation (and defense from legal challenge) of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, which mandates emissions reductions from existing power plants that will be achieved, at least in part, through the installation of new renewable energy facilities.

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